Is Brett Favre starting a trend for old QB's?

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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

No. I think Favre is the exception and will not become the rule... although i'd love to see Manning have such a long career.

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

QB is a position that takes years to master, so it's certainly not uncommon for the 30+ crowd to be the top QBs in the game. However, Favre is a bit of a freak to be playing this well at age 40.

Top 10 QBs in 2009 to date (based on Rating) are as follows:
Brees (30), Favre (40), Rivers (28), Rodgers (26), P. Manning (33), Schaub (28), Roethlisburger (27), Romo (29), McNabb (33), Brady (32).

Aside from Favre and Warner (38), the trend really doesn't exist and they are certainly exceptions to the rule. What is also helping these 2 old farts are offensive lines (Favre's been sacked 27 times, Warner 20) and the young (sub-30 years old) receivers these guys are throwing to (Favre has Berrian, Harvin, Rice; Warner has Fitzgerald, Boldin, Breaston).